Colleen Chien
@colleenchien.bsky.social
Law Prof and Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
Wonderful to visit Jessica Jackson in NY. As a Santa Clara student, she inspired Paper Prisons when she drew attention to prisons overstay as a data problem. She’s since led REFORM; which has in 6 yrs passed 21 laws in 12 states to reform our broken probation/parole system:
youtu.be/Gk8aREuaGAg?...
youtu.be/Gk8aREuaGAg?...
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Wonderful to visit Jessica Jackson in NY. As a Santa Clara student, she inspired Paper Prisons when she drew attention to prisons overstay as a data problem. She’s since led REFORM; which has in 6 yrs passed 21 laws in 12 states to reform our broken probation/parole system:
youtu.be/Gk8aREuaGAg?...
youtu.be/Gk8aREuaGAg?...
So impressed with the spooky smart and creative costumes of students in my AI Law and Governance class! Adding our family's AI-themed costume from a few years ago too. Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So impressed with the spooky smart and creative costumes of students in my AI Law and Governance class! Adding our family's AI-themed costume from a few years ago too. Happy Halloween! 🎃
New paper: Bridging Research Gaps b/w Academic Research & Legal Investigations of Algorithmic Discrimination, for AI, Ethics & Society 2025. @irenetrampoline.bsky.social, Anna Zink & I review civil enforcement actions & find 5 ways algorithmic research can better support enforcers; comments welcome!
October 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New paper: Bridging Research Gaps b/w Academic Research & Legal Investigations of Algorithmic Discrimination, for AI, Ethics & Society 2025. @irenetrampoline.bsky.social, Anna Zink & I review civil enforcement actions & find 5 ways algorithmic research can better support enforcers; comments welcome!
My new article, "Clean Slate, Dirty Data," audits automatic non-conviction record clearance laws in 5 states, finds good but imperfect compliance, suggesting 1) automation can succeed where petitions fail, 2) accountability in implementation is needed.(NC L. Rev 2025)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
August 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My new article, "Clean Slate, Dirty Data," audits automatic non-conviction record clearance laws in 5 states, finds good but imperfect compliance, suggesting 1) automation can succeed where petitions fail, 2) accountability in implementation is needed.(NC L. Rev 2025)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Reposted by Colleen Chien
Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
Reposted by Colleen Chien
We Are All Lisa Cook
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
We Are All Lisa Cook
Nobody is safe from weaponized government
open.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We Are All Lisa Cook
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Despite backlash to DEI, our paper, w/ Jillian Grennan and Jason Sandvik, just presented @nber.org, suggests targeted mentorship boosts firm-wide innovation. Tracking 7 cohorts, 633 mentees & 20K+ employees, we find real ROI for well-designed mentoring.
📄 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
📄 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
April 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Despite backlash to DEI, our paper, w/ Jillian Grennan and Jason Sandvik, just presented @nber.org, suggests targeted mentorship boosts firm-wide innovation. Tracking 7 cohorts, 633 mentees & 20K+ employees, we find real ROI for well-designed mentoring.
📄 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
📄 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Registration for our 4/16 AI & Education event featuring
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Education Prof Zach Pardos
and CS Prof Gireeja Ranade now open: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Series website: ai-and-society.github.io
Curated by @rajiinio.bsky.social and @irenetrampoline.bsky.social
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Education Prof Zach Pardos
and CS Prof Gireeja Ranade now open: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Series website: ai-and-society.github.io
Curated by @rajiinio.bsky.social and @irenetrampoline.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Registration for our 4/16 AI & Education event featuring
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Education Prof Zach Pardos
and CS Prof Gireeja Ranade now open: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Series website: ai-and-society.github.io
Curated by @rajiinio.bsky.social and @irenetrampoline.bsky.social
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Education Prof Zach Pardos
and CS Prof Gireeja Ranade now open: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Series website: ai-and-society.github.io
Curated by @rajiinio.bsky.social and @irenetrampoline.bsky.social
Just posted: working paper on the impact of drivers license suspension reform laws on employment w/ @bobapel.bsky.social. We find increases in statewide employment when people can drive & that the quality of reform matters. It’s an early draft, welcome your comments! paperprisons.org/news-blog.ht...
April 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just posted: working paper on the impact of drivers license suspension reform laws on employment w/ @bobapel.bsky.social. We find increases in statewide employment when people can drive & that the quality of reform matters. It’s an early draft, welcome your comments! paperprisons.org/news-blog.ht...
We've launched a biweekly AI & Society salon at Berkeley w/ @rajiinio.bsky.social & @irenetrampoline.bsky.social! This week, sociologist marionf.bsky.social joined EECS’ beenwrekt.bsky.social to discuss The Ordinal Society. Up next, on April 16th: AI & Education. Join us at ai-and-society.github.io
April 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We've launched a biweekly AI & Society salon at Berkeley w/ @rajiinio.bsky.social & @irenetrampoline.bsky.social! This week, sociologist marionf.bsky.social joined EECS’ beenwrekt.bsky.social to discuss The Ordinal Society. Up next, on April 16th: AI & Education. Join us at ai-and-society.github.io
Excited to see @kpbssandiego.bsky.social spotlight the Paper Prisons Racial Justice Act tool in their mini-series on racial disparities in the justice system. We’ve been humbled by the reception from people seeking to connect lived experience to data and welcome collaboration.
April 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Excited to see @kpbssandiego.bsky.social spotlight the Paper Prisons Racial Justice Act tool in their mini-series on racial disparities in the justice system. We’ve been humbled by the reception from people seeking to connect lived experience to data and welcome collaboration.
What’s happening in Federal AI law, policy & governance? We discussed @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's recent conference, covering AI EOs across Trump I & II and Biden, the M-Memo, & agency shifts. Some highlights from my primer and the panel of computer & social scientists and lawyers I moderated:
March 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What’s happening in Federal AI law, policy & governance? We discussed @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's recent conference, covering AI EOs across Trump I & II and Biden, the M-Memo, & agency shifts. Some highlights from my primer and the panel of computer & social scientists and lawyers I moderated:
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
Today at noon PST - Tech Devt’s & Tools in the Criminal Legal System webinar (qualifies for CA tech CLE) - I’ll be talking about Paper Prisons projects in AI, automation, & data re the California Racial Justice Act & Clean Slate w/ Andrea Roth, Chesa Boudin, Rebecca Wexler, and Jake Rhodes.
January 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today at noon PST - Tech Devt’s & Tools in the Criminal Legal System webinar (qualifies for CA tech CLE) - I’ll be talking about Paper Prisons projects in AI, automation, & data re the California Racial Justice Act & Clean Slate w/ Andrea Roth, Chesa Boudin, Rebecca Wexler, and Jake Rhodes.
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ISSUES is thrilled to join the Bluesky community!
A brief introduction: We’re a digital and print opinion journal published by @nationalacademies.org and Arizona State University. We provide a forum for discussion of public policy related to science, technology, and society. 1/ issues.org
A brief introduction: We’re a digital and print opinion journal published by @nationalacademies.org and Arizona State University. We provide a forum for discussion of public policy related to science, technology, and society. 1/ issues.org
November 27, 2024 at 9:53 PM
ISSUES is thrilled to join the Bluesky community!
A brief introduction: We’re a digital and print opinion journal published by @nationalacademies.org and Arizona State University. We provide a forum for discussion of public policy related to science, technology, and society. 1/ issues.org
A brief introduction: We’re a digital and print opinion journal published by @nationalacademies.org and Arizona State University. We provide a forum for discussion of public policy related to science, technology, and society. 1/ issues.org
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The 25th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute is only 10 days away!
Seats are still available at the nation's premier patent law event. Register now!
@pamelasamuelson.bsky.social @jenniferurban.bsky.social
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...
Seats are still available at the nation's premier patent law event. Register now!
@pamelasamuelson.bsky.social @jenniferurban.bsky.social
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...
25th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute
Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building Stanford University
www.law.berkeley.edu
November 25, 2024 at 8:04 PM
The 25th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute is only 10 days away!
Seats are still available at the nation's premier patent law event. Register now!
@pamelasamuelson.bsky.social @jenniferurban.bsky.social
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...
Seats are still available at the nation's premier patent law event. Register now!
@pamelasamuelson.bsky.social @jenniferurban.bsky.social
www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl...
📣 New Racial Justice Act tool/paper alert! Our Paper Prisons tool offers CalDOJ data on racial disparities by county, charge, prosecution stage, and sentence in all 58 CA counties.
Tool: rja.paperprisons.org
Tool: rja.paperprisons.org
Racial Justice Act Tool [beta]
rja.paperprisons.org
August 1, 2024 at 2:16 AM
📣 New Racial Justice Act tool/paper alert! Our Paper Prisons tool offers CalDOJ data on racial disparities by county, charge, prosecution stage, and sentence in all 58 CA counties.
Tool: rja.paperprisons.org
Tool: rja.paperprisons.org
Excited to share UC Berkeley's new cluster hire in AI, Inequality, and Society including five T/TT positions at Berkeley Law, @berkeleyischool.bsky.social, UC Berkeley CDSS, and the departments of EECS and Sociology.
Please consider applying / spread the word!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04498
Please consider applying / spread the word!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04498
July 24, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Excited to share UC Berkeley's new cluster hire in AI, Inequality, and Society including five T/TT positions at Berkeley Law, @berkeleyischool.bsky.social, UC Berkeley CDSS, and the departments of EECS and Sociology.
Please consider applying / spread the word!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04498
Please consider applying / spread the word!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04498
This @financialtimes.com article provides an overview of several studies by Diversity Patents Initiative researchers including @patentscholar.bsky.social's & my piece in Science & a paper I co-authored with Chris Cotropia on the role of GenAI in improving patent quality:
www.ft.com/content/feb1...
www.ft.com/content/feb1...
Studies highlight gender and race-based gaps in patent applications
Disparities contribute to income inequalities and influence who receives funding for invention, researchers say
www.ft.com
July 3, 2024 at 10:58 PM
This @financialtimes.com article provides an overview of several studies by Diversity Patents Initiative researchers including @patentscholar.bsky.social's & my piece in Science & a paper I co-authored with Chris Cotropia on the role of GenAI in improving patent quality:
www.ft.com/content/feb1...
www.ft.com/content/feb1...
Last week, I spoke on @npr.org's Morning Edition on the importance of policy delivery, not just fanfare, in reference to @govwesmoore.bsky.social's sweeping and ambitious pot conviction pardons; the TL;DR: good start, keep going.
www.npr.org/2024/06/19/n...
www.npr.org/2024/06/19/n...
Some say Maryland’s mass marijuana pardons don’t go far enough
This week Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardoned 175,000 people with marijuana convictions. But some advocates say pardons might not be enough to remove the barriers faced by people with a criminal record.
www.npr.org
July 3, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Last week, I spoke on @npr.org's Morning Edition on the importance of policy delivery, not just fanfare, in reference to @govwesmoore.bsky.social's sweeping and ambitious pot conviction pardons; the TL;DR: good start, keep going.
www.npr.org/2024/06/19/n...
www.npr.org/2024/06/19/n...
Great to talk inclusive innovation with US Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce Derrick Brent last week at USPTO headquarters. Check out the agency's National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation, for getting people off the bench and into the innovation game.
uspto.gov/about-us/new...
uspto.gov/about-us/new...
July 3, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Great to talk inclusive innovation with US Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce Derrick Brent last week at USPTO headquarters. Check out the agency's National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation, for getting people off the bench and into the innovation game.
uspto.gov/about-us/new...
uspto.gov/about-us/new...
Recording from inspiring California GenAI summit focusing on how to best harness GenAI for empowerment, not inequality, now available.
cdss.berkeley.edu/JointCASummi...
Check out the Governor's GenAI EO, toolkit, procurement guidance, and other regs.
cdt.ca.gov/technology-i...
@djpatil.bsky.social
cdss.berkeley.edu/JointCASummi...
Check out the Governor's GenAI EO, toolkit, procurement guidance, and other regs.
cdt.ca.gov/technology-i...
@djpatil.bsky.social
June 7, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Recording from inspiring California GenAI summit focusing on how to best harness GenAI for empowerment, not inequality, now available.
cdss.berkeley.edu/JointCASummi...
Check out the Governor's GenAI EO, toolkit, procurement guidance, and other regs.
cdt.ca.gov/technology-i...
@djpatil.bsky.social
cdss.berkeley.edu/JointCASummi...
Check out the Governor's GenAI EO, toolkit, procurement guidance, and other regs.
cdt.ca.gov/technology-i...
@djpatil.bsky.social
Reposted by Colleen Chien
New Diversity Pilots Initiative blog posts:
Gugliuzza, Goodman & Rebouché on Inequality and Intersectionality at the Federal Circuit
writtendescription.blogspot.com/2023/12/gues...
Heath, Seegert & Yang on Open-Source Innovation and Team Diversity
writtendescription.blogspot.com/2023/12/gues...
Gugliuzza, Goodman & Rebouché on Inequality and Intersectionality at the Federal Circuit
writtendescription.blogspot.com/2023/12/gues...
Heath, Seegert & Yang on Open-Source Innovation and Team Diversity
writtendescription.blogspot.com/2023/12/gues...
Guest post by Gugliuzza, Goodman & Rebouché: Inequality and Intersectionality at the Federal Circui...
Lisa Larrimore Ouellette's Patent & IP Blog, Reviewing Recent Scholarship on Patent Law, IP Theory, and Innovation
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December 20, 2023 at 8:46 PM
New Diversity Pilots Initiative blog posts:
Gugliuzza, Goodman & Rebouché on Inequality and Intersectionality at the Federal Circuit
writtendescription.blogspot.com/2023/12/gues...
Heath, Seegert & Yang on Open-Source Innovation and Team Diversity
writtendescription.blogspot.com/2023/12/gues...
Gugliuzza, Goodman & Rebouché on Inequality and Intersectionality at the Federal Circuit
writtendescription.blogspot.com/2023/12/gues...
Heath, Seegert & Yang on Open-Source Innovation and Team Diversity
writtendescription.blogspot.com/2023/12/gues...
New(ish) study with Duke Prof. Arti Rai considers Dx #patenting following SCOTUS’ Mayo ruling. We find increased prosecution toughness, sustained patenting but some evidence of retrenchment in filings/filing quality among small, US-based firms. Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 📈 #PatentLaw
December 21, 2023 at 8:30 PM
New(ish) study with Duke Prof. Arti Rai considers Dx #patenting following SCOTUS’ Mayo ruling. We find increased prosecution toughness, sustained patenting but some evidence of retrenchment in filings/filing quality among small, US-based firms. Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 📈 #PatentLaw
New in Science Magazine: @patentscholar.bsky.social
and I explore a critical issue in patent law: why are so many contributors, particularly women and junior innovators, left unrecognized on #patents? science.org/doi/10.1126/.... #ScienceResearch
and I explore a critical issue in patent law: why are so many contributors, particularly women and junior innovators, left unrecognized on #patents? science.org/doi/10.1126/.... #ScienceResearch
December 7, 2023 at 7:10 PM
New in Science Magazine: @patentscholar.bsky.social
and I explore a critical issue in patent law: why are so many contributors, particularly women and junior innovators, left unrecognized on #patents? science.org/doi/10.1126/.... #ScienceResearch
and I explore a critical issue in patent law: why are so many contributors, particularly women and junior innovators, left unrecognized on #patents? science.org/doi/10.1126/.... #ScienceResearch